Archetype of Imagination
Archetype of Imagination: Enchantment Creature - Human Wizard, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Creatures you control have flying. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Enchantment Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 111
- Artist
- Robbie Trevino
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About Archetype of Imagination
Archetype of Imagination is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue enchantment creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 111 in that set, with art by Robbie Trevino. It costs {4}{U}{U} (four generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Born of the Gods (2014) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.80 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Creatures you control have flying.
Creatures your opponents control lose flying and can't have or gain flying.
"Is it not the embodiment of our aspirations?" -Prokopios, astronomer of Meletis
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.80 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Archetype of Imagination by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Archetype of Imagination
Archetype of Imagination has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C18-81 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #81 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Born of the Gods (BNG) #32 | Uncommon | 2014 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Archetype of Imagination, newest first.
- While you control an Archetype, continuous effects generated by the resolution of spells and abilities that would give the specified ability to creatures your opponents control aren't created. For example, if you control Archetype of Courage, a spell cast by an opponent that gives creatures they control first strike wouldn't cause the creatures to have first strike, even if later in the turn Archetype of Courage left the battlefield. (If the spell has additional effects, such as raising the power of the creatures, those effects will apply as normal.)
- The Archetype's second ability applies to each creature controlled by any of your opponents, no matter when it entered the battlefield.
- If you and an opponent each control the same Archetype, no creature controlled by any player will have the appropriate ability.
- Conversely, continuous effects generated by static abilities (such as an Aura that granted the appropriate ability) would resume applying if the Archetype left the battlefield.
Similar cards
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